Organisation profile

Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.

Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.

Main research areas

Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.

Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.

Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.

We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.

Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.

Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.

With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.

Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses

In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.

  1. 2014
  2. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung zwischen Transparenzanspruch und Management der Nachhaltigkeitsleistung

    Schaltegger, S., 2014, CSR und Reporting: Nach­haltigkeits- und CSR-Berichterstattung verstehen und erfolgreich umsetzen. Fifka, M. S. (ed.). Berlin: Gabler Verlag, p. 21-34 14 p. (Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitsethik

    Oermann, N. O. & Weinert, A., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin u.a.: Springer, p. 63-86 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitskompetenz im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kontextabhängigkeit und Perspektiverweiterung

    Katz, C., Thiem, A., Moths, K. & Heilmann, S., 2014, Karriereverläufe in Forschung und Entwicklung: Bedingungen und Perspektiven im Spannungsfeld von Organisation und Individuum. Busolt, U., Weber, S., Wiegel, C. & Kronsbein, W. (eds.). Berlin: Logos Verlag, p. 307-330 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitstrends im Management

    Schaltegger, S., 2014, Corporate Resposibility 2014: Unternehmen und Verantwortung- Trends in Corporate Responsibility. A. V. &. S. G. & F.-I. F.M.-,.M. U. M. G. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: F.A.Z.-Institut für Management-, Markt- und Medieninformationen , p. 28-31 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  6. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitszertifizierung von Biokraftstoffen in der EU

    Wreesmann, J. & Moser, C., 2014, Biokraftstoffe und Biokraftstoffprojekte: Rechtliche, technische und wirtschaftliche Aspekte. Böttcher, J., Hampl, N., Kügemann, M. & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (eds.). Berlin & Heidelberg: Gabler Verlag, p. 213-247 35 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Naturschutz in der Kulturlandschaft 2050 - Interaktion von Natur, Klima und Mensch

    Schoenberg, W., Fiencke, C., Jensen, K., Ludewig, K., Schmidt, S., Vanselow-Algan, M., Härdtle, W., Krüger, F., Meyer-Grünefeld, M., Rottgardt, E. M., Runge, K., Urban, B., Keienburg, T., Prüter, J., Schreck, C. & Reusch, H., 2014, Kursbuch Klimaanpassung: Handlungsoptionen für die Metropolregion Hamburg. K.-N. V. (ed.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 70-73 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

  8. Published

    Normative Innovation for Sustainable Business Models in Value Networks

    Breuer, H. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2014, The Proceedings of XXV ISPIM Conference : Innovation for Sustainable Economy and Society. Huizingh, K., Conn, S., Torkkeli, M. & Bitran, I. (eds.). Lappeenranta University of Technology Press, 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Nur weniger und besser ist nachhaltig: Nachhaltige Infrastrukturen für ein zukunftsfähiges Deutschland

    Niebert, K., 2014, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 2014, 1, p. 2-3 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  10. Published

    Öffentliche Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung: Das Leitbild Nachhaltigkeit – Anforderungen an die Raum- und Umweltplanung

    Hofmeister, S., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Spektrum, p. 304-316 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Öffentliche Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung: Ökonomik und Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung

    Baumgärtner, S., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften . Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 261-279 19 p.

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  1. Versorgungslogistik in der Zigarettenindustrie: Das Distributionskonzept der Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH
  2. Health and Health Literacy in Teacher Education: Comparative Analyses of Student Teachers and Teacher Trainees
  3. Ökonomische Wirkung der Berichterstattung des Abschlussprüfers über key audit matters im Bestätigungsvermerk
  4. How to Assess Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research? Conceptual and Empirical Explorations
  5. Effectiveness of gamified digital interventions in mental health prevention and health promotion among adults
  6. Expression of cyclooxygenase isozymes during morphogenesis and cycling of pelage hair follicles in mouse skin.
  7. Auditory emotion word primes influence emotional face categorization in children and adults, but not vice versa
  8. Die Entwicklung des Kündigungsschutzes von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (mit einer vergleichenden Darstellung)
  9. The impact of CEO overconfidence and firm performance on SOP dissent – Evidence for SOP voting firms in Germany
  10. Santner, Eric. My own private Germany. Daniel Paul Schreber's secret history of modernity. Princeton UP, 1996, 214 pp.
  11. Corrigendum to "What drives policy decision-making related to species conservation?" [Biol. Conserv. 142 (2010) 1370-1380]
  12. New concepts of extrusion dies to reduce the anisotropy of extruded profiles by means of additive manufacturing
  13. A novel telecoupling framework to assess social relations across spatial scales for ecosystem services research
  14. Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems
  15. Soft Optimal Computing to Identify Surface Roughness in Manufacturing Using a Gaussian and a Trigonometric Regressor